ROCHESTER — Deputy City Manager Karen Pollard has provided the passcode to her city-owned cell phone, and police now have access to the phone, which they seized as part of their investigation into her husband, Leslie Pollard.

Police have Karen Pollard's cell phone after obtaining a search warrant in connection with a Dec. 29 hit-and-run accident involving Leslie Pollard. That evening, Leslie Pollard allegedly struck a female pedestrian on Lowell Street while driving intoxicated, and drove away. Karen Pollard was reportedly a passenger in the vehicle.

According to an affidavit supporting the search warrant for her cell phone, police believe Karen Pollard communicated about the accident with others, including the police chief, and the phone may provide evidence pertaining to Leslie Pollard's case.

Last week, the state made a motion to compel Karen Pollard to disclose the passcode to the phone, so police could access the device and examine it. According to court documents, she refused to provide the passcode on her own.

But, according to County Attorney Thomas Velardi, over the past few days the county attorney's office and Karen Pollard's defense attorney reached an agreement, and she provided investigators with the passcode on Monday.

Velardi said Tuesday he believes police will soon be examining her cell phone.

He said as part of the agreement reached with her defense attorney, any confidential information on the phone not relating to the hit-and-run investigation will not be placed in the case file against Leslie Pollard.

“We are only interested in anything that's relevant,” said Velardi.

While a hearing on the state's motion to compel was scheduled for Tuesday morning, that hearing was canceled, because the state withdrew the motion shortly before the scheduled hearing.